The photo taken on March 24, 2006 shows "Earthquake victims in Kashmir" of Paula Bronstein, a photojournalist with Time in the United States, which was awarded the top prize of "Photo of the Year" in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province. The second CHIPP Contest unveiled its awarded works here on Friday. A total of 128 out of 27,000 entries from 77 countries and regions swayed the jury with their excellent visual language in the contest, with 16 winning gold prizes.

The photo "Weaponneer" taken by photographer Alan Traeger of the United States wins gold prize in Single of Portraits in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo "Pole Vault" taken by Chinese photographer Yang Gang wins gold prize in single of Sports in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province, March 24, 2006.

The photo "rainforest becomes desert" taken by Daniel Beltra wins the gold prize in single of Nature and Environmental News in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo "Refugees suffering epidemics are waiting for food" is one of the series of "Refugee camp in Africa" taken by Jan Grarup-Rapho which won gold prize in general news series in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in south China's Shenzhen city, March 24, 2006.

The photo "Playing Football", one of the series of "Indonesia Tsunami" taken by John Stanmeyer-VII of the United States, wins gold prize in Nature and Environmental New series in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo, one of the series of "Russian Female Tennis", taken by Christian Als of Denmark, wins gold prize in Sports series in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo is one of the series of "Earthquake victims in Kashmir" taken by Paula Bronstein of the United States wins gold prize in Series of Spot News in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo is one of the series of "Wounded people in Iraq earthquake" taken by James Nachtwey-VII of the United States wins gold prize in Series of Economic,Scientific and Technical News (ESTN) in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo, one of the series of "Dafen oil painting village in China" taken by Yu Haibo of China, wins gold prize in Series of Arts and Entertainment News (AEN) in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo, one of the series of "Victims of atomic bombing in 1945" taken by Gerard Rancinan-Polaris of the United States, wins gold prize in Series of Portraits in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.

The photo, one of the series of "Honoring fallen U.S. marine soldiers" taken by Todd Heisler of the United States, wins gold prize in Series of Daily Life in the second China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP) in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province on March 24, 2006.